Fragments from one recurring image-world: colors joined at the heart, time and people cast as fleeting things, tears too thin for what they're asked to answer, a cry too big for one body, a wish to reach past what's merely right — and, underneath it, memories and feelings that resist being recalled or spoken at all.
君の中にある 赤と青き線
Within you there’s a red line and a blue one.
君 きみnoun — "you"
のparticlepossessive — "'s / of"
中 なかnoun — "inside, middle"
にparticlelocative — marks where something exists
あるverb — existential "to be/exist" (for inanimate things). 君の中にある is a relative clause modifying 線: "the line(s) that exist inside you."
赤 あかnoun — "red"
とparticle"and" — connects the two nouns
青き あおきadjective — literary attributive form of 青い ("blue"), from the classical adjective 青し. Used here instead of 青い for a poetic register.
線 せんnoun — "line"
それらが結ばれるのは 心の臓
Where those two are tied together is the heart.
それらpronoun — "those" (referring back to the two lines)
がparticlesubject marker
結ばれる むすばれるverb — passive of 結ぶ (むすぶ, "to tie/connect") → "is tied, is joined"
のparticlenominalizer — turns "それらが結ばれる" into a noun phrase, "the place where they're joined"
はparticletopic marker
心 こころnoun — "heart, mind"
のparticleattributive "of"
臓 ぞうnoun — "internal organ." 心臓 (しんぞう, "heart" the organ) is normally one word; splitting it into 心の臓 ("the organ of the heart/mind") is a deliberate poetic device.
The red and blue lines converge at a single point — the heart — the image the side rail traces literally.
風の中でも負けないような声で
With a voice that refuses to lose, even inside the wind,
風 かぜnoun — "wind"
の中 のなかnoun phrase — "inside, within"
でparticlelocative "at/in," combined with も below
もparticle"even, also" — の中でも = "even within..."
負けない まけないverb — negative of 負ける (まける, "to lose") → "will not lose, undefeated"
ようなcomparative — "as if, seeming like." Attaches to a verb to describe a quality resembling that state: "a voice that seems as if it won't lose."
声 こえnoun — "voice"
でparticleinstrumental — "with, by means of"
届ける言葉を今は育ててる
I'm nurturing, for now, the words I'll deliver.
届ける とどけるverb — "to deliver, to send." Modifies 言葉 as a relative clause: "the words [I'll] deliver."
言葉 ことばnoun — "words"
をparticledirect object marker
今 いまnoun/adverb — "now"
はparticletopic/contrast marker — "now" as opposed to some other time
育ててる そだててるverb — casual spoken contraction of 育てている, the progressive form of 育てる (そだてる, "to raise, nurture"). Dropping い from ている → てる is common in relaxed speech.
時はまくらぎ 風はにきはだ 星はうぶすな 人はかげろう
Time is a railway tie · wind is soft skin · stars are a guardian spirit · people are a shimmer of heat.
時 ときnoun — "time"
はparticletopic marker — sets up each of the four "X is Y" clauses in this parallel line
まくらぎnoun — 枕木, a railway tie/sleeper. Poetic image: time passing marked off like the regular ties beneath a rail line.
風 かぜnoun — "wind"
はparticletopic marker (see above)
にきはだnoun — 和膚, an archaic poetic word for "soft skin," a classical epithet for gentleness
星 ほしnoun — "star(s)"
はparticletopic marker (see above)
うぶすなnoun — 産土, one's native guardian deity: the local kami tied to a person's birthplace
人 ひとnoun — "people, person"
はparticletopic marker (see above)
かげろうnoun — 陽炎, heat haze/shimmer; a classical symbol of something fleeting and ephemeral
The rail's cross-ties are literal here — 枕木 (まくらぎ) is the same word used for the wooden ties laid beneath railroad tracks.
なんで泣いてるのと聞かれ答えれる 涙なんかじゃ
Asked why I'm crying, the only answer I have is tears — and that's not enough,
なんでadverb — "why"
泣いてるの ないてるのverb + particle — casual for 泣いているの, "(that) I'm crying." の turns it into a question-able noun phrase.
とparticlequotative — marks the content of what's asked
聞かれ きかれverb — conjunctive stem of 聞かれる, passive of 聞く ("to ask") → "being asked"
答えれる こたえれるverb — casual "ra-nuki" potential of 答えられる, from 答える ("to answer") → "can answer." Modifies 涙 as a relative clause: "tears that could answer."
涙 なみだnoun — "tears"
なんかcolloquialism — "something like, that sort of thing" (dismissive, minimizing)
じゃparticlecasual contraction of では; sets up an implied negative that resolves in the next line
僕ら出逢えたことの意味にはまるで 追いつかない
not even close to reaching everything it means that we found each other.
僕ら ぼくらpronoun — "we" (casual 僕 + plural ら)
出逢えた であえたverb — potential past of 出逢う (であう, "to meet, encounter") → "were able to meet"
ことparticlenominalizer — turns the preceding clause into a noun: "the fact of having met"
のparticleattributive "of" — links 出逢えたこと to 意味
意味 いみnoun — "meaning"
にはparticleに + は — marks the thing being reached/matched, with contrastive emphasis
まるでadverb — "(not) at all, entirely," pairing with a negative verb for emphasis
追いつかない おいつかないverb — negative of 追いつく (おいつく, "to catch up to, match") → "doesn't come close to, can't catch up with"
The sentence runs across the line break: 答えれる涙なんかじゃ …まるで追いつかない — even tears that could serve as an answer don't come close to matching the meaning of having met.
この身ひとつじゃ 足りない叫び
This one body isn't enough to hold the cry inside it.
このdeterminer — "this"
身 みnoun — "body, self"
ひとつnumber — "one" (a single unit)
じゃparticleでは contraction — "with just..." paired with the negative 足りない that follows
足りない たりないverb — negative of 足りる (たりる, "to be enough") → "isn't enough." Modifies 叫び: "a cry [this body] isn't enough for."
叫び さけびnoun — from 叫ぶ (さけぶ, "to shout, cry out") → "a cry, a shout"
君の手に触れた時にだけ震えた 心があったよ
There was a heart that trembled only when it touched your hand.
君 きみnoun — "you"
のparticlepossessive — "your"
手 てnoun — "hand"
にparticlemarks the thing touched — 触れる takes に for what's touched
触れた ふれたverb — past of 触れる (ふれる, "to touch")
時 ときnoun — "time, moment" — 触れた時 = "the moment [it] touched..."
にparticletemporal "at"
だけparticle"only"
震えた ふるえたverb — past of 震える (ふるえる, "to tremble, shake"). 触れた時にだけ震えた is a relative clause on 心: "a heart that trembled only at the moment it touched [your hand]."
心 こころnoun — "heart"
がparticlesubject marker
あったverb — past of ある ("to exist") → "there was"
よparticlesentence-final — adds assertive emphasis
意味をいくつ越えれば僕らは辿り つけるのかな
I wonder how many meanings we'll have to cross before we can finally get there.
意味 いみnoun — "meaning"
をparticleobject marker
いくつpronoun — "how many"
越えれば こえればverb — conditional (ば-form) of 越える (こえる, "to cross, go beyond") → "if [we] cross..."
僕ら ぼくらpronoun — "we"
はparticletopic marker
辿りつける たどりつけるverb — potential of 辿り着く (たどりつく, "to finally arrive, reach after wandering") → "be able to reach"
のparticlenominalizer — softens the question
かなparticlesentence-final — expresses wondering, "I wonder..."
意味をいくつ越えれば…辿りつけるのかな — "I wonder how many meanings we'll have to cross before we can finally arrive."
先 さきnoun — "beyond, the far side, ahead." 正しさのその先で = "at that point beyond rightness"
でparticlelocative "at, in"
君 きみnoun — "you"
とparticle"with" (accompaniment)
手 てnoun — "hand"
をparticleobject marker
取りたい とりたいverb — desiderative (たい-form) of 取る (とる, "to take, grasp") → "want to take/hold"
The dashed line marks 先 (さき) — the boundary this stanza asks to be carried past.
思い出せない 大切な記憶
Precious memories I can't recall,
思い出せない おもいだせないverb — negative potential of 思い出す (おもいだす, "to recall, remember") → "cannot recall." Modifies 記憶: "a memory that can't be recalled."
大切な たいせつなna-adjective — "important, precious"
記憶 きおくnoun — "memory"
言葉にならない ここにある想い
feelings that live here but won't turn into words.
言葉 ことばnoun — "words"
にparticlemarks the result of becoming — used with なる, "to become X"
ならないverb — negative of なる ("to become") → 言葉にならない = "can't be put into words." Modifies 想い.
ここpronoun — "here"
にparticlelocative "at, in"
あるverb — existential "to be, exist" (for inanimate/abstract things)
想い おもいnoun — "feeling, thought." Written with 想 rather than the plainer 思 to mark it as a deep, heartfelt feeling.
もしかしたら もしかしたら
Maybe — just maybe —
もしかしたらadverb — "maybe, perhaps," said twice over, as if talking oneself into it
それだけでこの心はできてる
that alone is what this heart is made of.
それpronoun — "that"
だけparticle"only, just"
でparticleinstrumental — "by, out of, from"
このdeterminer — "this"
心 こころnoun — "heart"
はparticletopic marker
できてるverb — casual contraction of できている, progressive of できる (here, "to be made of, formed from" rather than "to be able to") → "is made of, is formed from"
The rail turns from broken to solid partway down — hesitation (もしかしたら, twice over) settling into the plain claim that follows.
もしかしたら もしかしたら
Maybe — just maybe —
もしかしたらadverb — "maybe, perhaps," said twice over — the same hesitation as before, returning
君に「気づいて」と今もその胸を
Even now, as if to say "notice me" to you,
君 きみnoun — "you"
にparticlemarks the target/recipient — "to you"
気づいて きづいてverb — te-form of 気づく (きづく, "to notice, realize"), quoted here as a plea: "notice [me]!"
とparticlequotative — marks the quoted phrase as what's being said/felt
今も いまもadverb — "even now, still" (今 + emphatic も)
そのdeterminer — "that"
胸 むねnoun — "chest" (also carries the sense of heart, feelings)
をparticleobject marker
打ち鳴らす
it still pounds in my chest.
打ち鳴らす うちならすverb — 打つ (うつ, "to strike") + 鳴らす (ならす, "to make ring/sound") → "to beat, to pound (like a drum)."
The clause runs across all three lines: 君に「気づいて」と今もその胸を打ち鳴らす — "it still pounds this chest, as if saying 'notice me' to you." The rail skips a beat where it does. Compare the heart that trembled only at your touch, earlier on this page.
なんで泣いてるのと聞かれ答えれる 涙なんかじゃ
Asked why I'm crying, the only answer I have is tears — and that's not enough,
僕ら出逢えたことの意味にはまるで 追いつかない
not even close to reaching everything it means that we found each other.
Past whatever's "right," I want to go on living with you.
正しさのその先でunchanged from the earlier verse — see ↑ its first appearance for 正しさ / その / 先 / で
君 きみnoun — "you"
とparticle"with" (accompaniment)
生きてきたい いきてきたいverb — 生きる (いきる, "to live") in its て-form, plus 来たい (きたい, desiderative of 来る, "to come"): a continuative construction close in spirit to 生きていきたい ("want to keep on living"). Where the earlier verse asked for a hand to hold (手を取りたい), this one asks to keep living beside you.
Only the last verb changes on this pass: 手を取りたい ("want to take your hand") becomes 生きてきたい ("want to go on living [with you]") — the same boundary, a larger wish.
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